Three-way faucet.



PATENTED APR. 28, 1903.

1). W. DINNEEN.

THREE-WAY FAUGET. APPLIDATION FILED SBPT.-22, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

ATTORNEY ,1: "cams mans co. Pnumuma. WASNINGYON, o. c.

' NrrED STATES ATENT rrrcn.

DANIEL l/V. DINNEEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLESL. COOK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TH REE-WAY FAUCET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 726,653, dated April28, 1903.

Application filed September 22, 1902. Serial No. 124,269. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL W. DINNEEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Three-Way Faucets,of which the following is a full and complete specification, such aswill enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved three-way faucetfor use in connection with washbasins, bath-tubs, and for other andsimilar purposes; and with this and other objects in view the inventionconsists in a three-way faucet constructed as hereinafter described andclaimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a sectional side elevationofan ordinary stationary wash bowl or basin provided with my improvedfaucet; Fig. 2, a sectional plan view of the faucet and itsconnecting-pipes, and Fig. 3 a sectional side elevation thereof. 7

In the drawings forming part of this specification I have shown at a anordinary stationary wash bowl or-basin having the usual top table a,provided with a central opening a and beneath the table a is a casing orframework a and arranged in the form of construction shown. Within thecasing a are two water-pipes b and'b which pass upwardly through thetable a and are connected with the valve-casing c, the connection of thepipes '19 and?) with the casing 0 being at one side and preferably atthe rear side of said valve-casing, the pipes b and 11 being provided inthe form of construction shown with elbow membersb for this purpose, andin practice the pipes b and]? are preferably composed of two membersconnected above the table a by couplings d. That part of the pipes 21and b however, above the table may connect with water-pipes comingstraight out from the wall instead of coming up through the table a ifdesired, this arrangement of the pipes being immaterial, and in practicethat part of the pipes 19 and b above the table a is preferably castintegrally with the valve-easing c, as shown in Fig. 2.

At the bottom of the valve-casing c is a discharge-spout c of the usualor any preferred form, and in the form of construction shown thisdischarge-spout projects or extends over the wash bowl or basin a.

The valve-casing c is preferably tapered interiorly, as shown in thedrawings, and placed therein is a valve 6 of similar form, and saidvalve is provided with a screw-threaded memher 6 at its lower end whichpasses outwardly through the bottom of the valve-casing and is providedwith a nut e between which and the lower end of the valve-casing isplaced a washer 6 The valve 6 is provided with acentral longitudinalchamber 6 at the upper end of which is a port or passage 6 formed on oneside thereof andextcnding not quite halfway around said valve, and theobject of this port or passage is to form a communication between thepipes b and b and the separate chamber 6 of the valve. The valve is alsoprovided near its lower end and at the side opposite the port or passagee with another port or passage e which is designed to form a com-munication between the chamber e and the discharge-spout c. The form ordimensions of the port or passage 6 and the communication of the pipes band b with the valve-casing are such that the valve may be turned sothat either of the pipes b and b may be put in communication with thedischarge nozzle or spout e or partially in communication therewith, orboth of said pipes may be placed in communication with the valve chamber6 of the valve and with the discharge-spout c of the faucet at the sametime, or one of said pipes and a part of the other may be placed incommunication with the chamber 6 in the valve, and by reason of thisconstruction either hot or cold water, or both hot and cold water, maybe discharged into the bowl or basin (1,, as may be desired, and thetemperature of the Water in bowl or basin may be regulated as may bedesired by turningthe valve 6 so as to admit the required amount ofwater from either of said pipes or from both of them. Valve eis alsoprovided with a handlef, by which it may be easily turned, and it willbe observed that the valvecasing is supported above the table a and notin connection therewith except by the pipes b and 12 111 the form ofconstruction shown, and if said pipes were projected from a wall orother structure, as hereinbefore described, there would be no connectionwhatever between the valve -casing or faucet and the table a.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In a faucet for the purpose described, the combination with an integralvalve-casing of two pipes communicating therewith at points on the sameside of its longitudinal axis near the top thereof, the axis of each ofsaid pipes lying in a line which traverses said casing, adischarge-spout at the opposite side of said casing and below saidpipes, a valve-plug in said casing extending above and below the sameand provided with a longitudinal chamber closed at both ends and asingle port or passage in communication with said chamber and adapted tocommunicate with either or both of said pipes and a port or passage atthe opposite side and below said first-mentioned port or passage andadapted to communicate with the discharge spout, and means for holdingsaid plug-valve in place, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 20th day ofSeptember, 1902.

DANIEL W. DINNEEN.

lVitnesses:

J. C. LARsEN, F. A. STEW'ART.

